Worry ≠ Love

Sometimes we hang on to destructive habits simply because we haven’t recognized that they’re hurting us. Surprisingly, worry is one of the things that we often hold onto. Even though we know it drains and distracts us, maybe even noticing that it adds to our stress and decreases our problem solving ability, we still hold…

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Convert Your Checklist into an Action List

We all need to get things done. So what do we do? We make a checklist! If you’re like me, you’ve had days where there are a half dozen, half-finished checklists hanging around. I’ve had days where I took a stack of these miserable lists, and used them to create a new checklist…one so long…

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Desk Vacation Challenge

  Today my heart is at the beach but my body is at my desk. So when my Fitbit reminded me to move – I got up from my desk, closed my eyes and took a mini mental vacation to my favorite beach. As I took a few slow deep breaths, I could feel the…

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Thriving in the Squeeze: How to Deal with “Good Stress”

Thriving in the Squeeze - Dealing With Good Stress

The Squeeze It isn’t always the problems in our lives that create stress, eat our time, and make us wonder if we’re going to make it. Sometimes we work so hard to GET an opportunity that when it arrives, TAKING the opportunity puts us on overload. It’s “Good Stress.” The same stress can pop up anytime…

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Heart Health and Positive Connection

As you are probably aware, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. What you may not have heard is that a lack of positive connection has the same detrimental health effects as smoking and excessive alcohol use! What if there were something you could do in just a few minutes per day that would help you dramatically improve both your cardiovascular health AND your ability to generate positive connections with others?

There are exciting research studies that show how meditation—specifically loving-kindness meditation—has a direct and measurable impact on our brains and our hearts. (Read More)

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